Seize the Beat : The Evolution of American Music.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torff, Brian Q.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--United States--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Popular music--Social aspects--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

"The story of American popular music is steeped in social history, race, gender and class, its evolution driven by ephemeral connection to young audiences. From Benny Goodman to Sinatra to Elvis Presley to the Beatles, pop icons age out of the art form while new musical styles pass from relevance to nostalgia within a few years. At the same time, perennial forms like blues, jazz and folk are continually rediscovered by new audiences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Preface

Prologue: Music for a Pandemic

1. How We Listen

2. Listen Up, Africa!

3. Framing a Jazz and Blues Century

4. The South, Elvis, and the Dawning of Rock and Roll

5. Say It Loud: Black Music in the 1960s

6. Bob Dylan and the American Voice

7. Beatles, Stones, and Cultural Amnesia

8. Pistols at Dawn: Janis, Jim, and Jimi

9. Rebels: The Authentic Lives of Women in Music

10. No Time to Get Cute in the '70s

11. ­Post-Authentic World: Your CEO Rock Star

12. The Music and Art Spirit

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Torff, Brian Q. Seize the Beat

ISBN:

9781476648576

OCLC:

1492928795